All Hail Cousin Brother

The late emperor attached great importance to farming and mulberry. In the second year after he ascended the throne, he issued a plowing edict to the whole country: "Farmers are the great destiny of the world. I will personally lead the plowing of the fields that are opened, and the ministers and other officials below will accompany them."

The emperor was plowing in the fields, and many people were watching.

King Zhou Li's mother concubine Hui Fei was the woman the late emperor brought back to the palace from the people during the plowing ceremony.

After Concubine Hui entered the palace, she opened several acres of land in her palace, plowed in spring, harvested in summer, harvested in autumn, and stored in winter. She lived like an ordinary farm girl.

The late emperor felt sorry for Concubine Hui.

Concubine Hui said bluntly: "Your Majesty is the emperor, and you still plow the plow yourself, and work hard to persuade the people, and teach farmers, which is the great destiny of the world. I am a peasant girl, and I don't even know a few big characters. Qin I don’t know anything about chess, calligraphy, painting, lyrics, poetry, and all I can do is tend crops and plant some vegetables and fruits to respect His Majesty’s emphasis on agriculture and consolidate his roots, and to demonstrate His Majesty’s benevolent governance.”

But the late emperor was very fond of this trick and doted on Concubine Hui: "Spring plowing, summer fermentation, autumn harvest, and winter storage, all four are not lost, the grain is endless, and the concubine has merit."

Most men of the Yin family have the problem of loving their children. As the queen of the middle palace, she naturally knows how to weigh the pros and cons.

The emperor's favorite was not the daughter of a powerful minister, but an insignificant peasant girl. She could not threaten her status, and she was happy to see success.

Therefore, she has a good relationship with Concubine Hui, and she has blocked many open and secret attacks for Concubine Hui.

Concubine Hui gave birth to a son for the late emperor. The late emperor liked him very much and gave him the word "Li".

Others thought this word was unknown, but she and the late emperor were married, so why didn't they know that the emperor only really had high hopes for this son.

The word "Li" can be connected with "Li", which means to work hard to govern.

It can also be translated as "砺", which means to sharpen one's strength and strengthen one's troops.

It can also be understood as "疠", which means desolation, violence, and evil.

Deep love leads to far-reaching plans. The late emperor had high hopes for his son, but he was worried about bringing disaster to his son, so he concealed his deep love in many ways.

Yin Lixing really lived up to the late emperor's expectations and was very talented.

She summoned Concubine Hui: "Xing'er is five years old. The gentleman who enlightened Xing'er in Zhan Shifu said that Xing'er is talented and intelligent. He advised the emperor that he should hire famous teachers and teach him carefully. Recently, the emperor has been doing this for him. Things are lingering and troubled.”

Concubine Hui is not stupid either. For a five-year-old prince, there are many famous teachers in the court who can educate him. The only thing that can make the emperor hesitate is something deeper.

Concubine Hui immediately knelt down and said, "I am a peasant girl. After entering the palace, I got the blessing of the queen, so I can accompany the emperor, successfully give birth to the prince, and spread the branches of the Tian family. Although I have no big words, I I know many people, but I also know that a drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring. I should remember the kindness of the queen to my concubines, and I dare not ask for anything else."

When she was young, she was tricked into having a miscarriage by a concubine in the palace, which caused her body to be injured and she was unable to conceive for many years.

She had a good relationship with Concubine Hui, and Yin Lixing was also close to her. It turned out that she understood the emperor's thoughts and decided to adopt Yin Lixing into her own name.

With the emperor's preference, his direct title, and the queen's support, the position of crown prince belongs to him.

In the future, Yin Lixing will inherit the throne and respect her as the empress dowager and Concubine Hui as the empress dowager.

But Concubine Hui didn't want to, so she gave up.

But after this incident, it was impossible for her to let Ren Yin Lixing sit in that position.

Later, the emperor gave up the idea of ​​choosing a famous teacher for Yin Lixing.

After the death of Concubine Hui due to illness, the late emperor was grieved and gradually became arrogant in government affairs. Due to lack of supervision and neglect of education, Yin Lixing gradually lost his temper.

She took the opportunity to gain power.

He chose the current emperor, who was the fourth prince, and overcame all objections. After the death of the late emperor, he helped him ascend to the throne and became the empress dowager as he wished.

It also caused a lot of criticism.

The courtiers privately felt that the current emperor's accession to the throne was not right.

It is indeed incorrect.

The late emperor's most preferred candidate for the throne was never the current emperor.

Before the late emperor died, all he could think of was Yin Lixing.

It was just that the late emperor valued literature over military affairs and suppressed the generals and clan, which caused the clan and military officers to have deep resentment against the late emperor. She had reached an agreement with the clan early in the morning. After the fourth prince ascended the throne, he would restore the clan title.

With the support of the clan, the late emperor also knew that even if he left a legacy, Yin Lixing would not be able to successfully ascend the throne without the support of his mother's family.

It was because of her promise to the late emperor to protect Yin Lixing that the emperor relented and made the fourth prince the crown prince.

With a flash of her eyes, she realized that the late emperor had been dead for many years. Whenever it was quiet at night, she couldn't help but think about--

The emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty were all bloodthirsty. Nine out of ten emperors were warlike, and the only remaining outlier who was not warlike was the late emperor.

Years of fighting resulted in insufficient treasury. Since he ascended the throne, the late emperor suppressed military generals and clans, focused on agriculture to consolidate his roots, and recuperated, thus starting the prosperous period of Chengjing's rule.

Could she really threaten such a civilized and benevolent emperor?

The late emperor would not believe her easily. Maybe he had some backup plans before he died?

However, all of this was just her guess. But looking at the situation in the DPRK over the past two years, she actually felt like "it's finally here."

The Queen Mother gently twisted the Buddhist beads and sighed softly: "The king is not the king, the minister is not the minister, the husband is not the husband, the father is not the father, and the son is not the son. This is not something that happens in a day, it will happen gradually! To turn the troubled times, turn against all the evil spirits. Right, that is the way of the king."

After saying that, she closed her eyes gently.

Aunt Shen stepped forward lightly, trembling her fingers, and lightly felt the Queen Mother's breath, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

…

Jingzhao had closed its city gates long ago, not allowing refugees to enter, but a large number of refugees still poured into Jingzhao and gathered outside the city, suffering from hunger and cold, allowing despair to swallow them up bit by bit.

"Give me, give me the child..." A man's roar suddenly sounded outside the city.

"No, no, this is our child. You can't, you can't..." The ragged woman held the child tightly. The girl in her arms was skinny, and there was an almost numb look on her dirty face. Ignorant.

The people around looked at them blankly, and some stared at the little girl, with greed clearly showing in their eyes.

"Give me the child..." The man yelled like crazy and pulled the child over with force.

The woman cried loudly, but she held the child's hand tightly and refused to let go no matter what: "Don't do this, you promised me, no... you, just wait, the city gate will open tomorrow. At that time, the government will release grain. I beg you, please wait a little longer. Our family of eleven escaped from the famine, and only three are left..."

"The city gate will not be opened!" The man yelled and looked at the woman numbly: "Those officials in Jingzhao have closed the city gate themselves and are enjoying the hot and spicy food at home. There is no way they can care about us victims. Life or death, they just want us to die..."